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Washington, DC: C-Span, 1994. HC. fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). color illustrations.

Washington, DC: National Cable Satellite Corporation, 1994. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears Large format-approximately 12 inches by 12 inches.. Includes illustrations. Unpaginated (approximately 70 pages). Many Illustrations in color. From Wikipedia: "The Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Illinois, and Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. At the time, U.S. senators were elected by state legislatures; thus Lincoln and Douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois legislature. The debates previewed the issues that Lincoln would face in the aftermath of his victory in the 1860 presidential election. The main issue discussed in all seven debates was slavery. In agreeing to the debates, Lincoln and Douglas decided to hold one debate in each of the nine congressional… Read More